Wagon-brake



(No Model.) I

' 1E. ULRICH.

WAGON BRAKE.

No. 340,173. PatntedApr. 20, 1886.

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I citizen of the United States, residing at the IINiTEn STATES FREDERICKULRICH, OF PERU, INDIANA.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,173, dated April20, 1886.

Application filed December 10, 1885. Serial No. 185,233. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, FREDERICK ULRroH, a

city of Peru, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in \Vagon-Brakes; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthere- Figure 1 of the drawings is a top plan view of one end of awagon, showing my improved brake attachment adapted to operatehorizontally in bringing the brake-shoes against the rim of the wheels;Fig. 2, a detailview of the brakeoperating mechanism, in which the partsare arranged to operate in an upright position; Fig. 3, an edge view, onan enlarged scale and in detail, of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1.

The present invention has relation to certain new and usefulimprovements in the operating mechanism for wagon-brakes; and'itconsists in the several details of construction substantially as shownin the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the brake-bar havingconnected to its ends the shoes B, said bar being guided in itshorizontal movement by suitable guides, a, through which the ends of thebar extend.

The bar A is connected with a bar, b,'by linkof a spring, g, one endthereof being attached to the sleeve D and the opposite end to the leverO, and is released from the ratchet-teeth by the latch h, pivoted to thelever and connecting with the sleeve by means of the rod 2'.

In Fig. 1, as above described, it will be noticed that the brakemechanismis arranged to operate horizontally, and therefore it isessential to provide a spring, 9, of some suitable form to retain thetooth of the sleeve D in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-bar,

such spring being dispensed with when the lever O is arranged to operatein an upright position, the weight of the sleeve being all that issufficient to attain this end. The sleeve D is formed upon its side withaguard or guide,

70, to keepthe lever Gin place, this being considered of importance forthe successful operation of the lever.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a brake mechanism arranged to operate in anupright position, the lever 0 being connected to the ratchet-bar E by anarm, Z, and to the brake-bar by a rod, m.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

In a wagon-brake, the combination, with a FREDERICK ULRICH.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. BROWN, DAVID KIT'INER.

